Catherine C. Coombs, MD

Catherine C. Coombs, MD, discusses strategies for disease classification and management for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Catherine C. Coombs, MD, discusses the mechanism of action of noncovalent BTK inhibitors in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

A panel of expert oncologists offer closing thoughts on the future treatment landscape and unmet needs in CLL.

Expert oncologists explore emerging therapies being investigated in CLL, including BTKi degraders, CAR-T therapy, and bispecific antibodies, and discussed their potential impact in shaping the future of CLL treatment.

The expert panel discusses recent data regarding the mechanisms of resistance to non-covalent BTK inhibitors in CLL.

Jacqueline Barrientos, MD, MS, discusses the role of non-covalent BTK inhibitors in R/R CLL and provided concise comments on the latest data, including insights from the ongoing BRUIN and Bellwave trials.

Javier Pinilla, MD, PhD explores evidence on molecular mechanisms leading to resistance in second-generation BTK inhibitors for CLL, providing insights from recently presented data at ASH 2023.

A panel of expert oncologists explore the influence of hypertension risk and other cardiovascular AEs in guiding treatment selection with BTKis, sharing insights from ASH 2023.

Faculty provide insights into the selection of BTK inhibitors, emphasizing the role of efficacy, toxicity, and quality of life data in treatment decisions, and exploring the impact of MAIC data.

Panel experts examine considerations for BTKi-based strategies in R/R CLL, highlighting pivotal findings from head-to-head trials, including acalabrutinib vs ibrutinib in ELEVATE-RR and zanubrutinib vs ibrutinib in ALPINE, covering safety, quality of life, and extended follow-up data.

Faculty share insights into the overall strategy for managing relapsed/refractory CLL following first-line therapy with venetoclax-based regimens and BTK inhibitors, discussing strategy variations based on prior first-line treatments.

Experts explore the role of BTKi-based combination therapy in the front-line treatment of CLL, focusing on patient considerations and referencing key data from CAPTIVATE, FLAIR, MAJIC, and SEQUOIA (Arm D).

Javier Pinilla, MD, PhD, provides a brief overview of the changing CLL treatment landscape, discussing the influence of off-target adverse events and the development of treatment resistance on the evolution of BTK inhibitor therapy.

Joanna Rhodes, MD, MSCE, explores the general approach to treatment-naïve CLL patients with high-risk factors such as del17p and TP53 mutations.

Brian Hill, MD, PhD, discusses the use of BTK inhibitor monotherapy in CLL and presented recent long-term data updates from studies such as the 6-year follow-up of ELEVATE-TN and the extended follow-up from SEQUOIA.

Catherine Coombs, MD discusses the present CLL front-line treatment landscape, addressing considerations like choosing fixed-duration or continuous therapy and variations in first-line approaches based on age and ECOG status.

Catherine C. Coombs, MD, presents data investigating venetoclax-based therapy after Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Catherine C. Coombs, MD, discusses the feasibility of switching from treatment with a covalent BTK inhibitor to a BCL-2 inhibitor vs a different covalent BTK inhibitor in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma treated in a real-world setting.

Looking to the future, a panel of experts offers closing remarks on research in CLL and MCL including hopes for further data on bispecific antibodies, BTK degraders, CAR T-cell therapy, and pirtobrutinib.

The assembled faculty comment on data on the role of non-covalent BTK inhibitors in the CLL treatment landscape, with emphasis on the phase 1/2 BRUIN trial of pirtobrutinib.

Orienting the conversation around anti-CD20-drug-based combination and sequencing approaches, the panelists examine key takeaways from the CLL13 and CLL14 clinical trials as well as expectations for real-world data in the future.

Focusing the discussion on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, Catherine C. Coombs, MD, shares key insights into the use of COVID-19 pre-exposure prevention for patients with CLL or MCL.

Experts in hematologic malignancies reflect on clinical trials studying venetoclax combination approaches including the CAPTIVATE, FLAIR, GLOW, VISION, SEQUOIA, and MAJIC studies.

Panelists respond to a question from Michael Wang, MD, about the role of CAR T-cell therapy in CLL, and Brian T. Hill, MD, PhD, summarizes takeaways from the TRANSCEND CLL study.

The faculty members share expert insights into treatment approaches for patients with double-refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Brian T. Hill, MD, PhD, and Matthew S. Davids, MD, MMSc, address the role of study design in CLL to highlight the importance of patient-reported QOL outcomes and matching-adjusted indirect treatment comparisons (MAICs).

Key opinion leaders in CLL review factors driving therapeutic decision-making among the available second-generation BTK inhibitors including efficacy and safety considerations.

An expert in hematologic malignancies, Catherine C. Coombs, MD, shares insights gleaned from the ALPINE clinical trial of zanubrutinib vs ibrutinib for relapsed/refractory CLL.

Highlighting the ELEVATE TN and ASCEND clinical trials, panelists share expert insights into the next-generation BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib for CLL.

Catherine C. Coombs, MD, leads the faculty in a discussion of the current treatment landscape for CLL with a review of considerations for patients with high-risk or relapsed/refractory disease.